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Studies on infection rates of human-baited anthropophilic sandflies in Machakos District, Kenya

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Mutuku J. Mutinga  and
Thomas R. Odhiambo
Mutuku J. Mutinga
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
Thomas R. Odhiambo
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

Investigation of sandfly vectors of visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) was intensified after the epidemic outbreak of the latter in Machakos District, Kenya, in the early 1970s. Studies were carried out to assess the infection rate of potential vectors using human baits during the height of the 1978 epidemic outbreak. The results presented here indicated that, in Machakos District, sandflies captured when coming to human baits had higher infection rates than those collected in the natural resting sites using suction tubes.

Keywords

PhlebotomusPhlebotomus martiniSergentomyia garnhamisandflieshuman baitinfection rate
Type
Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 3 , Issue 2-3 , September 1982 , pp. 211 - 214
Copyright
Copyright © ICIPE 1982

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